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Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Voting begins to help MnDOT name eight snowplows statewide
Jan. 28—Voting is now open on the list of finalists for the 2024-25 Name a Snowplow contest, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today. The top eight vote-getters will become new MnDOT snowplow names, one new name for each MnDOT district. See the list of finalists and vote now at Voting will remain open through noon on Friday, Feb. 7. Individuals will be able to vote once and select up to eight of their favorite names. MnDOT received more than 7,300 snowplow name submissions in December and staff reviewed the suggestions to help select 50 finalists for public voting. The agency considered a variety of factors, including uniqueness, frequency of submissions, Minnesota-specific ideas, and names that would be easily identifiable and understandable to most audiences. Winning names will be announced in February. Minnesotans are encouraged to follow @mndot on Facebook, X and Instagram for updates on the Name a Snowplow contest, and to see winter weather alerts, safety messages, project updates and more. This is MnDOT's fifth Name a Snowplow contest. In addition to the 32 named snowplows selected through previous contests, MnDOT staff have also helped to name four additional snowplows: Giiwedin-The North Wind; Goonodaabaan-Snow Vehicle (both Ojibwe); Icamna-Blizzard and Wakta!-Watch Out! (both Dakota) in acknowledgement of the highways the state plows adjacent to tribal lands.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Here are the finalists for MnDOT's 'Name a Snowplow' 2025 contest
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released the 50 finalists of its now-annual "Name a Snowplow" contest, even if snow has been mostly missing this winter. The public can now vote on their favorites between now and Friday, Feb. 7, with the eight most popular suggestions being announced in February. Winning names will then be added to eight plows operating in each individual MnDOT district over the next year. More than 7,300 submissions were put forward, with MnDOT said it "considered a variety of factors, including uniqueness, frequency of submissions, Minnesota-specific ideas, and names that would be easily identifiable and understandable to most audiences." Don't let it influence you in any way, but we're fans of Snowtorious B.I.G., 867-530 Brine, and I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered. Here's a look at the finalists: 867-530 Brine A Little Salty Aaron Brrrr, Sir Accumulus Removeus Albert Icestein Anthony Sledwards Austin Plowers Best In Snow Blizzard Buster Bob Chillin' Brrrtha Catch My Drift Chilly Eilish De-Iceman Cometh Don'tcha Snow Flake Superior Frosty The Snowplow Hot To Snow! I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered In My Blizzard Era James J. Chill Joe Plower Just Scraping By Lady Slippery Land of 10,000 Snows Little Plow on the Prairie L'Plow du Nord Make Snowbegone Meltin' John MinneSNOWta N'ice Miracle On Ice No Business Like Snow Business Oh Snow You Didn't! Orange Peeler Plowabunga! Plowin' In The Wind Plower Power Rudy GoBrrr Salt Me Baby One More Time Say It Ain't Snow SKOL Plow Snow Big Deal Snow Country For Cold Men Snow Place Like Home Snowtorious B.I.G. Sub Zero Hero The North Plow We're Off To See The Blizzard Winter Warrior You're Welcome
